1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,960 Welcome to the Liberty Baptist Sermon Archives. 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,040 The message you're about to hear was preached at Liberty Baptist 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:13,040 Church in Easton, MA. You can find out more about us 4 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:17,280 or contact us at my libertybaptist.org or just look 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,760 us up on Facebook. And now we hope that this 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,000 message from God's word will be a blessing to you. 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,760 We're. So glad to have you this morning 8 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,400 for our Sunday school hour. Just a little bit of a 9 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,040 programming note for you. This will be our final session 10 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,880 looking at the world religions and cults for this year. 11 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,120 Next week, Lord willing, we'll be looking at the virgin birth 12 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,240 of Jesus Christ. I like going over that issue 13 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,600 every year or two and why the virgin birth is so important. 14 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:45,320 I know it'll be after Christmas, but that's OK. 15 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,280 We don't just have to talk about it before Christmas. 16 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:49,640 But I do think it's good for us to be able to review and 17 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,720 understand why Mary is so important, but yet that she is 18 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,040 also not held to the same regard that the Catholic Church does, 19 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:57,520 and to be able to look at those differences. 20 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,240 Next Sunday morning, the following Sunday morning, that 21 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,880 will be January 4th, and we'll be having Charles Parker Abbott 22 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:07,640 junior, who will be giving the message, preaching, teaching, 23 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:09,720 whatever he will be doing. He'll be speaking the word of 24 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:11,440 God to us. He'll be in town in a couple 25 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:13,280 weeks and looking forward to having Chucky with us. 26 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,520 And he'll be giving the Sunday school hour. 27 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,920 After that, we will be returning to the series. 28 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,080 But in the meantime. Looking forward to getting back 29 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,640 into it with you today. And we're asking ourselves this 30 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:24,360 question, as you could see on our first slide. 31 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,200 How did the Jews receive eternal life? 32 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,120 And I think. Is an important question for us 33 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,680 to look at this morning, to look at it not just from the 34 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,000 perspective of the Jews, but also to look at it from our own 35 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,120 perspective as well. We maybe put it this way from 36 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:42,240 the perspective of Christianity in general, maybe to dispel some 37 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:46,560 of the thoughts that is spoken of so primarily through general 38 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,440 Christianity. And by that I mean just the 39 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,360 broad general thought of Christianity, not even 40 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:55,200 necessarily who we are as Bible believing independent Baptists, 41 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,920 but then also of the Jews themselves and how they look it 42 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,960 themselves and comparing what they say about themselves to the 43 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:02,760 Bible. Now before we do that, we want 44 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,680 to remind ourselves of the 13 beliefs of which they hold to. 45 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,320 We looked at these last week and we saw first of all, God alone 46 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,560 exists and his creator. God is 1 and unique. 47 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,320 God is incorporeal and incomparable. 48 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:17,960 God is eternal. Both first and last we're to 49 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:19,800 pray to God alone and to no other. 50 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:21,880 The words of the prophets are true. 51 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:26,160 Moses was the chief prophet and Moses's prophecies are true. 52 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,000 The Torah, The first five books of the the Bible, or a Torah, 53 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,960 the Talmud were given to Moses and divinely preserved. 54 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,880 There will be no other Torah since it cannot be changed. 55 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,760 God knows all things, including the thoughts and deeds of men. 56 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,240 God will reward the righteous and punish the wicked. 57 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:44,200 The Messiah will come and 13 and finally the dead will be 58 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,160 resurrected. Now you'll hear these mentioned 59 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,600 in the video very close to the end of the lesson this morning. 60 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,080 So I want to review these with you because these are commonly 61 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:55,400 held by all of the Jewish. Groups and sects that there are 62 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:56,800 out there. Remember, we saw that there were 63 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:58,680 several of them. That are out there. 64 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,960 Perhaps the only, I would say The only exception that would be 65 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:06,120 secular Jews, those who are Jewish in ethnicity and hold to 66 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,880 that and maybe even observe the feast just out of, you know, 67 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:13,800 solidarity with their. Own ethnicity but yet really do 68 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,880 not hold to the beliefs of Judaism at large. 69 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,280 But in general you will find that these 13 beliefs are held 70 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,840 in common and I will say there's a lot as we mentioned last week 71 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,200 that we do have in common with those 13 beliefs is why we look 72 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,760 at the judeo-christian heritage that we have here in the United 73 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:31,480 States and sometimes put those together. 74 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:35,320 But the differences are real and the differences are enough that 75 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:39,800 well someone believing in that would not be able to spend an 76 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:40,920 eternity in heaven. Why? 77 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,320 Because they have denied who Jesus Christ is. 78 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,680 The Messiah will not come. The Messiah has already come. 79 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,760 And we saw that God will reward the righteous and punish the 80 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,160 wicked. And technically we do agree with 81 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,000 that. However, the part that's not 82 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,040 mentioned there is that there is none righteous. 83 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,960 No, not one. And we'll see again in the video 84 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,960 at the end the stark differences of which we believe and which 85 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,360 the Jews would hold to in all of those things. 86 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,960 But as the. Jewish practitioners themselves, 87 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,800 we ask ourselves this question today. 88 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,040 What is eternal life to the Jews? 89 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,160 How do they receive eternal life? 90 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:15,560 There's three things I want us to look at today. 91 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,600 I want you to get your fingers ready this morning. 92 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:19,120 Do this real quick. And the reason I want you to do 93 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:20,640 that, you know why we're. Going to be working through our 94 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:21,959 Bibles. All right, so we're going to be 95 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,320 doing that this morning and getting ourselves ready for 96 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:25,440 that. So let's look at this. 97 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,120 First of all, number one, are they saved because they're God's 98 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,640 chosen people? Number one, are they saved 99 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:33,440 because they're God's chosen people? 100 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,880 Now, this is more of a mistake in thinking of Christians more 101 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,720 than Jews themselves. The automatic assumption that 102 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:44,720 Jews must be saved because they are the chosen people of God. 103 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,480 And as I mentioned last week, and I want to mention again and 104 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,560 make it abundantly clear to all who are in this room and those 105 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,880 who are watching online, those who are listening later, I want 106 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:58,400 this to be abundantly clear. The Jews were, the Jews are and 107 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,600 the Jews will continue to be God's chosen people. 108 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,200 God has worked through the Jews. God is continuing to work from 109 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:09,040 the Jews, although they are far from God today, and He will 110 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:12,400 continue to work through the Jews in the in the future as 111 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,360 they figure very large in the prophecy and into the Book of 112 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,120 Revelation. As we saw last week that it says 113 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:23,800 in Romans chapter #11 that there will come a time when the Jews 114 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,120 as large in the end of the tribulation period will come to 115 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,640 trust Jesus Christ as their Savior, realizing He was the 116 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,920 Messiah that they had rejected for so long. 117 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,760 Now remember that when we say that they are God's chosen 118 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:40,120 people, that does not mean they are better than everyone else. 119 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,760 We made this clear last week. They are chosen chosen because 120 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:46,040 they have been chosen for a particular task, just as I could 121 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,000 take one of my children and choose them for a particular 122 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,960 task. I just saw this morning we had 123 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,640 or experience this morning in our home getting ready. 124 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:56,240 AJ, you need to take care of the dishes. 125 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,680 He loves loading the dishwasher note and loading the dishwasher. 126 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,440 Let me tell you, he loves that. If you don't get the sarcasm 127 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,880 from what I'm saying right now, then I am not laying it on 128 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,240 thickly enough. He loves I say it's time to 129 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,360 unload and he already says not load, right? 130 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:10,880 Because he knows that after he unloads he's got to load it back 131 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:11,960 up. With the stuff in the sink, he's 132 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:13,720 already bargaining with me before we start. 133 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:18,000 I've chosen him to do that. Peyton, there were a few dishes 134 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,360 that were left that we can't put in the dishwasher. 135 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:23,240 And so I asked her, I said when you when AJ is done, will you 136 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,120 wash the things that can't go in the dishwasher and put him in 137 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,920 the drying rack? Now I chose AJ to do something. 138 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,760 I chose Peyton to do something. That does not mean that I love 139 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,760 more, one more or one less. It just means, well, I chose 140 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,480 them to do what they have been prepared to do. 141 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,960 And that's the same with the Jews, that they have been chosen 142 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,000 for a particular task. Now we ask ourselves this 143 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,280 because a lot of what we're looking at this morning is not 144 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:48,160 just me saying these things, but why does the Bible teach these 145 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,360 things to be true? How do we know that they are 146 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,240 God's chosen people? Well, we learned that in 147 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,360 Deuteronomy Chapter 7. So why don't you go ahead and 148 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,760 turn to Deuteronomy chapter #7 this morning to be the first 149 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,000 place that we look at Deuteronomy Chapter 7 verse #6 150 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,840 again. They are chosen not because they 151 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:04,160 are loved more than anyone else. They are more beloved. 152 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,320 By God, but rather because they have a particular task now, they 153 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,600 are loved by God. There is no doubt of that. 154 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:11,920 But then again, we all are loved of God. 155 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,080 That's why Jesus Christ died on the cross for. 156 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:18,400 God So what love the world and we know that to be true a theme 157 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:22,440 throughout Scripture that it was his love that sent Jesus Christ 158 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,600 to be born as a baby. It was his love that sent Jesus 159 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,360 Christ to the cross. It was his love that caused his 160 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,880 precious blood to flow down from that cross and so that we could 161 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,280 be washed in his blood. Remember, we saw that we were 162 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,120 washed. We are justified. 163 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,960 We are sanctified. We saw that on Wednesday night. 164 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,080 That's. All through the process of which 165 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,120 God has made. But we see in Deuteronomy 166 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,000 Chapter 7 Let's. Begin with verse #6 where God is 167 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,880 saying this, For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God. 168 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:53,360 The Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto 169 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,840 himself, above all people that are on the face of the earth. 170 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:00,040 Now take a brief time out. I don't want to go too far off 171 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,680 the path here for just a second, but I do want to remind you that 172 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:04,840 it does say in Titus chapter 2 verse 14. 173 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,480 And I know I've said this before, that we are in the New 174 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:11,160 Testament as believers called to be peculiar people, zealous of 175 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:12,800 good works. And again, that whole peculiar 176 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:14,120 thing doesn't mean that you walk around. 177 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,200 Hey, I'm peculiar. All right, it doesn't have to be 178 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:17,720 like that. And some of us, I know we are 179 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:19,280 pretty peculiar. I know I can only look at 180 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,280 myself, but it's not just talking about acting strange or 181 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,200 acting funny. It means that we have been 182 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,280 chosen to be different in this world. 183 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:28,400 We've been chosen to be salt and light. 184 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,280 And so in this New Testament era, we are also chosen people, 185 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:32,760 you know, not these chosen people. 186 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,400 We have not replaced the Jews. There's some really bad 187 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,720 theology, replacement theology that is out there that would say 188 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:40,320 that the church has replaced the Jews. 189 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,200 Listen, that is so far from what the Word of God teaches. 190 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,680 Stay away from that type of theology. 191 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,920 It leads to anti-Semitism. It leads to bad decisions about 192 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,840 the end times and bad theology about the end times. 193 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,600 Stay away from that. But we have also been chosen to 194 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,600 be lights for Jesus Christ in this New Testament period of 195 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,200 which we live in. Now getting back to where we 196 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,280 were. Verse #7 The Lord did not set 197 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,360 his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in 198 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,040 number than any people, for you were the fewest of all people, 199 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,600 but because the Lord loved you, and because He would keep the 200 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,640 oath which He had sworn unto your Father's. 201 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,840 Had the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeem 202 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,720 you out of the House of bond them for the hand of Pharaoh, 203 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,240 king of Egypt. Know therefore, that the Lord 204 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:25,160 thy God, He is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and 205 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,160 mercy with them that love him, and keepeth his commandments to 206 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,920 1000 generations. By the way, with 1000 207 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:32,800 generations cover the Jews until today. 208 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,640 I would certainly say so. And beyond verse 10 And repayeth 209 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,480 them that hate them to their face, and destroy them. 210 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:41,880 He will not be slack to him that hateth him. 211 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:46,360 He will repay him to his face. Thou shalt therefore keep his 212 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,120 commandments, the statutes, the judgments which I command thee 213 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,600 this day to do them. God says I have chosen you. 214 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:57,600 I have selected you for a very particular task, not because you 215 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,120 were bigger or better than anyone else, because I have laid 216 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,880 my affection upon you to do this, and I'm preparing you to 217 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,240 do this. But he says this. 218 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,160 Obey my commandments, obey what I have told you to do. 219 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,840 And we know that they have been unfaithful by the way. 220 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:13,960 By and large, they remain unfaithful today. 221 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,200 Remember we saw last week they have stiff armed Jesus Christ 222 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,840 even today. By and large, not every Jew, 223 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,680 we're not talking about them all, every single one of them. 224 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:24,800 We can't say every single person's that way. 225 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,040 There are Messianic Jews, those who believe in Jesus today. 226 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:32,400 But by and large the Jews have pushed out and pushed away Jesus 227 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:36,320 Christ as a heretic, as one who is not from Jehovah. 228 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,320 But we do see this, that although they are not faithful, 229 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,080 God is faithful. It says that right there. 230 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:43,320 That's a good time for that, Ralph. 231 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,320 All right. Verse #9 Even though they have 232 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:50,240 not kept their end of the bargain, that God still keeps 233 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,240 His bargain to them, if you want to put it that way. 234 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:57,120 It says He keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him 235 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:00,120 and keep His commandments to 1000 generations. 236 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,320 And you say, well, they don't love Him today. 237 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,640 And certainly that is true. But we find that still He keeps 238 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,760 His covenant, and He reminds us throughout the Old Testament 239 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:10,800 that even if you're not faithful, I'll be faithful. 240 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:15,800 And His love will still be there to those who turn to Him from 241 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,520 the Jews at any given time that He will be there and He's still 242 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:21,760 going to. When they turn to Him, they will 243 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:25,640 restore the Kingdom and preserve all that which He said He will 244 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,160 do. Now again, we saw last week, 245 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:31,280 this does not mean just because they're God's chosen people that 246 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,320 all the Jews are saved. There is a difference when it 247 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,360 comes to salvation. We're not talking about the 248 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,720 redemption of their people by large. 249 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,560 We are talking about the redemption of each individual 250 00:11:41,560 --> 00:11:43,320 soul. Now what did John the Baptist 251 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,320 say about this? What did John the Baptist say 252 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,800 about the Jews being saved just because they're God's chosen 253 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,440 people? Well, you put it this way in 254 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:52,440 Luke chapter 3, verses 7 through 9. 255 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:55,640 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized 256 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,760 of him, O generation of Vipers, who hath warned you to flee from 257 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,480 the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits 258 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:06,160 worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves. 259 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:09,720 Listen, he says, don't say this. We have Abraham, it's our 260 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,200 father. For I say unto you, that God is 261 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:15,880 able of these stones to raise up the children unto Abraham. 262 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,720 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees. 263 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,440 Every tree, therefore, which bringeth not forth good fruit is 264 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,800 hewn down and cast in the fire. John the Baptist says, don't 265 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:30,000 think that you are redeemed simply because you are a Jew. 266 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,800 Don't think you're redeemed simply because you are the sons 267 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,600 and daughters of Abraham. He says the preaching that is 268 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,640 being laid out to you now is laying the axe to the root of 269 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:40,080 the tree. We're getting to the heart of 270 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,160 the matter. You need to be saved and the way 271 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,800 that you are living your life lends you to be more like a 272 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,240 generation of Vipers than a generation who has been redeemed 273 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,360 by the Messiah. Jesus put it this way in Matthew 274 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:55,720 15 verse 24. But he answered and said, I am 275 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:57,840 not sent unto the lost sheep. Of the let. 276 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,000 Me try that again, I'm sorry, but he answered and said I am 277 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,840 not sent but unto the lost sheep of the House of Israel. 278 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:07,320 And he's speaking about this in his earthly ministry. 279 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,920 Who was he primarily trying to reach the Jews. 280 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,360 It's not that he, he had no care for the Gentiles. 281 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:15,480 We see that he healed A Syrophoenician woman. 282 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,120 She certainly would have been a Gentile. 283 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,760 We see as care for the people of Samaria. 284 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:24,160 They were half Jews. But we also understand that he, 285 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:28,280 his ministry was focused on the lost House of Israel. 286 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,520 Well, why were they lost? Well, because they did not 287 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,120 accept him by and large as their savior. 288 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:36,680 He knew they needed to be redeemed, even though they were 289 00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:39,720 God's chosen people. Well, what's the ramifications 290 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:42,080 of that? Go to Romans chapter. 10 Romans 291 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:43,800 chapter 10. You'll recognize some of these 292 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:49,680 verses. Romans 10 verse #9 I'd encourage 293 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:51,600 you write some of these verses down and look at them later. 294 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,160 I know that we go over them very quickly, but if you can write 295 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:57,560 them down and look at them and study these out for yourself. 296 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:05,720 Romans 10 verse 9 says this, Well you probably are familiar 297 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:07,880 with this, that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord 298 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,200 Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart, that God hath 299 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,400 raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 300 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:14,920 For with the heart man believeth in the righteousness, and with 301 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,920 the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 302 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,160 For the Scripture sayeth, Whoever believeth, whosoever 303 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,800 believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 304 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,840 Listen, for there is no difference between the Jew and 305 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,800 the Greek. For the same Lord over all is 306 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,200 rich unto all that call upon him. 307 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,440 And verse 13 we're also familiar with, for whosoever shall call 308 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,240 upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 309 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:39,360 So what is made abundantly clear here? 310 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:43,320 This is the plan of salvation for the Jew and the Gentile. 311 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:47,040 This is the way of salvation, to call upon the name of the Lord, 312 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:51,320 to trust in the Lord Jesus. This is where salvation lies. 313 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:55,640 It is not due to a national identity of which the Jews carry 314 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:59,000 because they have been God's chosen people from the time of 315 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:03,640 Abraham, confirmed in the Law of Moses, and then carried on from 316 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:07,480 that time all the way until the very end times and beyond. 317 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,840 We find that this is what God's plan is. 318 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,760 But yet they still need to be saved the Bible way. 319 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:15,520 And we'll actually look into more of that here in just a 320 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:17,240 moment. So number one, are they saved 321 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:18,960 because they're God's chosen people? 322 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,960 And the answer to that is no, they are not simply saved 323 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:23,640 because they are God's chosen people. 324 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,760 But we ask ourselves number 2, are they saved because they 325 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,040 believe in Jehovah? Are they saved because they 326 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,960 believe in Jehovah? Now, this is a difficult 327 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,840 question for some because listen, for us to study Judaism 328 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,360 as we have is different from other world religions. 329 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,320 It's easy to look at the Muslims and say, listen, they believe in 330 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,520 Allah and we believe in Jehovah God. 331 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,480 And so we are not alike. They are a false religion. 332 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,360 That's fairly simple for us to say. 333 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,120 We can look at Buddhism, can't we? 334 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:58,120 And we can consider that Buddha is in the grave, he is dead, has 335 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:01,920 decayed and has not resurrected. We say, listen, we're different 336 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,200 from the Buddhists, aren't we? That they worship Buddha and 337 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:09,280 that we worship Jehovah God. And so it's easy for us to say 338 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,600 there is a difference. However, for those who practice 339 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,200 Judaism, listen, they will tell you that they believe in Jehovah 340 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:17,920 and well, we believe in Jehovah too. 341 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,760 And so there can cause some confusion, can't it, for us to 342 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,800 be able to consider these things because it would seem like you 343 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,800 have the great similarity of having the same God. 344 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:31,040 But listen, the main issue with this is that Judaism doesn't 345 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,080 truly believe in Jehovah because they don't believe in Jesus. 346 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,360 I'm going to run that by you one more time. 347 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,840 Although they give lip service to the fact that they believe in 348 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:43,200 Jehovah, they do not believe in Jehovah because they do not 349 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:47,200 believe in Jesus. Jehovah is the triune Godfather, 350 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:51,400 Son, and Holy Ghost. The way we can really separate 351 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,320 this and understand this would be to maybe go back in our minds 352 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,440 to even look at the Jehovah Witnesses and the Mormons. 353 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,840 If I was to go up to a Jehovah Witness witness and say, do you 354 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:01,600 believe in Jesus? What would they say? 355 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:05,200 Yes. If I was to go to a Mormon and 356 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:06,920 ask them, do you believe in Jesus? 357 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,680 What will they say? Yes, but we have to ask the 358 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,720 Jehovah Witness, well, what do you believe of Jesus? 359 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,359 And then we find, well, they don't believe that it's Jesus. 360 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:18,160 We asked the Mormon, what do you believe of Jesus? 361 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:20,319 And we find they don't really believe in Jesus. 362 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,760 And so we would ask the Jew. We would ask them the practicing 363 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,680 Jew, we would ask them, what do you believe of Jehovah? 364 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,440 And we will find that their answer will be lack, because 365 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:33,760 they do not believe that Jehovah is a triune Godfather, Son, and 366 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:37,720 Holy Ghost. faith in God must include faith in his Son, 367 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:42,200 because God has made Christ the exclusive mediator of salvation. 368 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,520 There is no other name by which men can be saved. 369 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:49,400 Acts 412 And listen, you can't say that you have regard for the 370 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,040 Father and then have hatred for the Son and believe that you're 371 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:54,640 saved. That's just not Bible. 372 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,360 We understand this, practically speaking, in our own lives. 373 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,400 I can't imagine someone coming to me and say, you know what? 374 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:05,000 I really like you, but I hate your wife and I hate your kids 375 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,360 and me saying something like this. 376 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,720 Hey, well, as long as you like me, it's OK. 377 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:11,920 I'll tell you this. You got a problem with my wife. 378 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,040 You got a problem with me 22 years yesterday. 379 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:16,920 You know what I'm saying? You got a problem with Diane, 380 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:18,920 You got a problem with me, you say is that you're throwing down 381 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:20,920 the gauntlet? No, I actually don't really 382 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,200 remember having a conversation with anybody like that because 383 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,040 most people like her better than me, all things considered. 384 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,720 But. I will say that. 385 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,360 You know, if, if you if you don't regard her, well, then you 386 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:32,520 don't have much regard for me because we're one flesh. 387 00:18:33,120 --> 00:18:35,160 And if someone says, you know, I really like you and I like your 388 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:37,760 wife, but your kids. Now listen, I'm not saying that 389 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:39,800 our kids are perfect because nobody's kids are perfect. 390 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,680 There have been times people have come and said something 391 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,160 about our children. I've had to say, well, not only 392 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,400 you're right about that, but there's a lot more that you 393 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,520 don't know that if you didn't know, you'd be right about that 394 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:49,880 too. I'm not saying that. 395 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:54,640 What I'm just saying is you can't have withheld affection 396 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,960 for my children but yet have affection for me and truly say 397 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,640 that you love me because you don't, because we kind of come. 398 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:02,880 Can we put it this way as a package deal? 399 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,800 Could I put it this way, just put it down to the bottom shelf 400 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:07,040 so that we can all grab it this morning? 401 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,280 When it comes to Jehovah, Jehovah and Jesus are a package 402 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:11,840 deal. And you can't say that you 403 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,800 believe in Jehovah without believing in who Jesus Christ 404 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,120 is. You say, well, that I mean, who 405 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:19,800 are you to say that, pastor? I mean, who are you to lay down 406 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,560 the gauntlet in that way? And the answer is I wasn't the 407 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:26,720 one who laid that down. Here's who did Jesus, Jesus 408 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,680 himself was the one who said, you don't believe in me, then 409 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:31,240 you don't rightly believe in the Father. 410 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:35,400 And the book of John records this back and forth so many 411 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:36,320 times. We're going to read just a 412 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,240 couple of those places. So first go to John chapter 5. 413 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:46,320 All right, John chapter 5 verse #19 John chapter 5 verse #19 414 00:19:46,320 --> 00:20:03,440 we'll start there. And the Bible says, this, This 415 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:07,000 is Jesus, you'll see, says, Then answered Jesus, and said unto 416 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,440 them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of 417 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,920 himself but what he seeth the Father do. 418 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:17,520 For what things so ever He do it, these also do it the Son 419 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,360 likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, 420 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:24,240 and showeth Him all things that Himself doeth, and He will show 421 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:27,240 him greater works than these that he may marvel. 422 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,920 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them, Even 423 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:32,880 so the Son quickeneth whom he will. 424 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:36,960 For the Father judgeth no man, and but hath committed all 425 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:41,520 judgment unto the Son, that all men should honor the Son, even 426 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:45,000 as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son 427 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,400 honoreth not the Father which hath sent Him. 428 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:48,640 That seems pretty clear to me. Right? 429 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,480 Right there does it. It says that we are to honor the 430 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,840 Son, or men should honor the Son even as they honor the Father. 431 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:56,760 Listen, how is the Father honored? 432 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:00,320 It's only by worship. It's only by worshiping him as 433 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:01,960 God. So what is Jesus saying? 434 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:05,680 Basically saying this, you honor the Father is God, but you honor 435 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,320 the Son is God as well. Now the Jews didn't like that. 436 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,360 They didn't appreciate this type of talk. 437 00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:13,160 Drop down to verse #39 it says this. 438 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,840 He tells those Jews who think that they know the Scriptures so 439 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,040 they know more about Jehovah than Jesus. 440 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,000 And he says this search the scriptures for in them you think 441 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,440 you have eternal life and they are they which testify me. 442 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,000 He says, listen, if you're not sure about what I'm saying, go 443 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,440 back and read your own scriptures. 444 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,400 Could I maybe put it to you this way this morning? 445 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,600 Go back and read the Torah. Go back because if you read the 446 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,800 Torah, it speaks of me. What do we say to the Jews 447 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,880 today? We say go back and look at your 448 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:41,320 Torah. No, no, don't worry about the 449 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:42,800 Talmud. That's not the Scriptures. 450 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,160 Go back to the Torah. What does the Torah say? 451 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,800 What does the Old Testament say? What are the first five books 452 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,480 say? They tell you who Jesus Christ 453 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,800 is, and yet they deny it. He continues and said, and he 454 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,880 will not come to me, that they might have life. 455 00:21:57,120 --> 00:22:00,600 I receive not honor from them, but I know you, that you have 456 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,840 not the love of God in you. I am come in in my Father's 457 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,960 name, and ye receive me not. If another shall come in His own 458 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,200 name, Him ye will receive. How can ye believe which 459 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,560 receive? Honor one of another, and seek 460 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,080 not the honor that cometh from God. 461 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,400 Only do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. 462 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,480 There is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom he trusts. 463 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,640 For if he believed in Moses, ye would have believed me, for he 464 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:25,920 wrote of me. But if ye believe not his 465 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,960 writings, how shall ye believe my words? 466 00:22:28,120 --> 00:22:32,160 And so Jesus consistently says, You Revere Moses, go back to 467 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,320 Moses. You Revere scriptures, go back 468 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:36,360 to the Scriptures. Don't say you believe in the 469 00:22:36,360 --> 00:22:40,000 Father without believing in me, because as we see, I and my 470 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,960 Father are one. This is what Jesus says. 471 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:44,120 Get something. Me laying the gauntlet about who 472 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:46,560 Jehovah is. This is Jesus Christ who does 473 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,160 it. Now go to John chapter 8. 474 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:53,120 Quickly turn to John chapter 8. Look at verse #42 A little bit 475 00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:55,320 of a longer section of Scripture here, but I want you to see 476 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:57,760 these for yourself. It's all right. 477 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,040 To read a lot of scriptures in Sunday school all right to read 478 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:01,840 law scriptures in church. I mean, if you're not going to 479 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,120 read the Bible in church, I don't know where you can Amen. 480 00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:07,400 So John chapter 8, verse 42 and I think it's. 481 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,400 Important for us to read these because a lot of what I'm saying 482 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,200 this morning you already understand. 483 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,400 I would imagine there's nothing that I'm saying this morning 484 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,960 that's surprising to you. However, you may not know where 485 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,840 in the Bible to articulate these things because we don't know 486 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:21,920 where they are. I'd rather you get to them, see 487 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,280 them, write them down, maybe underline some things in your 488 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,240 Bibles. This is what I want us to do 489 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,440 this morning. So John chapter 8, look at verse 490 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:32,320 #42 it says this. Jesus said unto them, if God 491 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:33,960 were your Father, he would love me. 492 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,680 For I proceeded forth and came from God. 493 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,400 Neither came I of myself, but He sent me. 494 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:41,600 Why do you not understand my speech? 495 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,040 Even because ye cannot hear my word. 496 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,400 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye 497 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,320 will do. He was a murderer from the 498 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:52,200 beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth 499 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,160 in him. When he speaketh a lie, he 500 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,200 speaketh of his own, for he is a liar and the Father. 501 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,920 Of it and. And because I tell you the 502 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:02,960 truth, you believe me not? Which of you convince it me of 503 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:05,720 sin? And if I say the truth, why do 504 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,680 you not believe me? He that is of God heareth God's 505 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,760 words. You therefore hear them not, 506 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,720 because you are not of God. Then answered the Jews, and said 507 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:17,400 unto him, Say We not well, that thou art a Samaritan, and has 508 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,000 the devil. If you don't realize how low 509 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,320 regard they had for Samaritans, that ought to tell you a little 510 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,240 bit right there. And they said this Jesus said, I 511 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,920 have not a devil, but I honor my Father, and you do dishonor me, 512 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,080 for I seek not my own glory. There is one that seeketh and 513 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,080 judgeth. Verily, verily, I say unto you, 514 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,560 If any, or if a man keep my saying, he shall never see 515 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:39,920 death. And the Jews said unto him, Now 516 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:43,040 we know that thou hast the devil, Abraham is dead, and the 517 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,480 prophets. And thou sayest, If a man keep 518 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,040 my saying, he shall never taste of death. 519 00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:51,680 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead, and the 520 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,680 prophets are dead, who make us thou thyself? 521 00:24:55,120 --> 00:24:58,200 Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing. 522 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:02,160 It is my father that honor with me, of whom you say that he is 523 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,880 your God, yet you have not known him. 524 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:08,960 Look at this, you have not known him, but I know him, and if I 525 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:12,760 should say I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you, 526 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,280 but I know him. I keep a saying, Your father 527 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:19,320 Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it and was glad. 528 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:23,160 The Jews said unto him, Thou art not yet 50 years old, and hast 529 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,800 thou seen Abraham? And Jesus said unto them, 530 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:29,880 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. 531 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,560 Now he does two things here. He talks about his eternality, 532 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,640 because he's saying that he pre existed before Abraham. 533 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,960 Well, the only way he could do that is if he eternal. 534 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,840 We know he wasn't just simply saying, well, I'm about 2000 535 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,280 years old. He wasn't saying that. 536 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,480 He's saying that he was eternal. But he also used those two 537 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,240 powerful words at the end. What were those two last words? 538 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,240 I am. And the Jews know exactly what 539 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:56,400 He meant when He said I am, just as the Jews understood when they 540 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,800 asked if He is Jesus Christ in the garden. 541 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,600 And he said, I am. And they all fell backwards, the 542 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,640 power of who He was. They understood exactly what He 543 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,760 meant with this. And we know this because verse 544 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,320 59 confirms this. They took up stones to cast in 545 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,520 Him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, going 546 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,120 through the midst of them, and so passed by. 547 00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:20,920 And So what do we see? We see that Jesus says this, If 548 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,240 you believe in Jehovah, you have to believe in me. 549 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,200 So the Jews can't rightly say that they believe Jehovah, but 550 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,760 then not lay claim to Jesus Christ, because again, I am my 551 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:33,080 Father or one. First John chapter 2, verses 23 552 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,920 through 25 confirm this. Whosoever denieth the Son, the 553 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:41,080 same hath not the Father, but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath 554 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:44,560 the Father also. Let that therefore abide in you 555 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,400 which he have heard from the beginning. 556 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,880 If that which he have heard from the beginning shall remain in 557 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,040 you, he shall continue in the Son and in the Father. 558 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:55,120 And this is the promise that he promised us. 559 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,200 Even eternal life, eternal life is through Father and Son. 560 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,400 Eternal life is understanding that we do not just believe in a 561 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:06,840 God, but that God is composed of Jesus Christ, Father, Son, and 562 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,400 Holy Ghost. And so we look at #2 are they 563 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,640 saved because they believe in Jehovah? 564 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,880 And we would take that and categorically deny it because 565 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:18,160 they truly do not believe in Jehovah, just as a Jehovah 566 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,600 Witness or a moment truly don't believe in Jesus. 567 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,480 Because when we get down to the definition of it, we realize 568 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,040 we're really not talking about the same thing at all. 569 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:28,560 Which brings us to our third question here today. 570 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,320 And this is perhaps the most important because it's the most 571 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,160 relevant to what the Jews believe of themselves. 572 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,800 Are they saved by their works? We ask ourselves this question 573 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,560 and they ask of themselves, are they saved by their works? 574 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,320 Now, we're going to show a video here in just a moment of a 575 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,000 conservative commentator. Last week, we saw a very brief 576 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,720 video from Ben Shapiro. This week we'll be looking. 577 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:53,240 At a brief video by another Jewish conservative commentator. 578 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,960 His name is Dennis Prager. You might be familiar with him 579 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:57,760 as he. Speaks of the differences 580 00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:59,600 between Christianity and Judaism. 581 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,160 And once you listen very carefully, particularly of his 582 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,840 reference to the 13 beliefs that we saw at the beginning of our 583 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,920 lesson, but then also at how he believes eternal life is 584 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,160 achieved by Jewish believers. So if we could, let's roll that 585 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,160 footage. The biggest difference between 586 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:19,200 Judaism and Christianity is not the The Who is Jesus, but 587 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,080 obviously it's a difference. But that's not the biggest 588 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,520 difference. The biggest difference I think 589 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:30,760 is with regard to attaining salvation, if that, if that 590 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,960 means the afterlife, heaven, whatever term you wish to use 591 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:41,040 for for Christians, Although Catholics and Protestants don't 592 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:47,080 fully agree on this matter because Catholics do not believe 593 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:52,520 faith alone can save you, whereas Protestantism does. 594 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:56,160 Luther said that Catholics believe that the sacraments are 595 00:28:56,160 --> 00:29:02,360 also necessary. So there's faith and works in 596 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,680 Catholicism and there's faith alone. 597 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:10,880 Since Luther who founded Protestantism for Judaism it is 598 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:17,240 works you which I'll use the term that really blows my 599 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:21,600 Christian friends mind you earn salvation Korean end of issue. 600 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:26,680 How you act determines whether you go to heaven or yes, Jews do 601 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,320 believe. Excuse me Jews don't Judaism 602 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,360 does Jews and Judaism differ a lot. 603 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:41,000 The the one of the 13 principles of the Jewish faith as compiled 604 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,160 by Maimonides, the greatest Jewish thinker whoever lived 605 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:49,520 according to nearly all Jews. One of them, one of the 13 606 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:53,080 principles, is that God rewards the good and punishes the bad. 607 00:29:54,000 --> 00:30:01,240 And the exact same faith is for good Jews and good non Jews and 608 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:06,960 bad Jews and bad non Jews. Judaism holds that God judges 609 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:11,800 people by their behavior, not by their theology, their beliefs, 610 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:16,480 their faith. So when I had this discussion 611 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:23,000 with a with four Christians just this past week long dinner, one 612 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:29,720 of them was a pastor and I, when I mentioned that we have to 613 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:34,080 strive to be good and that God rewards the good and punishes 614 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:35,800 the bad. So he said, well, what is the 615 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:40,040 definition of good? So I asked the pastor, what do 616 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:43,640 you mean by what is good? You know what good is. 617 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:48,720 Everybody knows what good is. Did you, if somebody said 618 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:54,480 someone's a good lawyer or a good pitcher or a good 619 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,640 violinist, would you ask what does good mean? 620 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,200 No, you would know exactly what it means. 621 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:06,640 Same with a human being. Now, is it good enough? 622 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:12,240 I think that's what he meant to attain salvation, to use a 623 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:16,440 Christian term, or go to heaven, get rewarded in the afterlife. 624 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:21,280 That's for God to determine. I don't claim that I know what 625 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,440 is good enough. That's God's determination. 626 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:28,120 That's true. So then for the Christian, the 627 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,440 question would arise, well, then you're, you don't have any 628 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,760 assurance that you'll go to heaven, to which I would say 629 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:36,560 that's true. I don't have an assurance. 630 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:43,320 I think if God judges justly, I think I have lived a life that 631 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:48,880 has merited reward, but ultimately that is for God to 632 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,040 judge. That's true. 633 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,120 So there's a Jewish Christian difference. 634 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:59,560 I always speak of today a Christian values because our 635 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:04,240 values are so similar, but our theologies are different, which 636 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,240 doesn't bother me in the least, by the way. 637 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:08,920 That's fine. I have a lot to learn from 638 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,400 Christians and I hope they have a lot to learn from me. 639 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,160 There's a lot of that that's pretty sorrowful when you think 640 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,680 of, and I say sorrowful for those who would believe that 641 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:22,960 line of theology. And, and really a lot of it came 642 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,600 down to this. You know what good is? 643 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:27,920 Did you catch that? Well, you know what good is? 644 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:32,400 And the answer is, well, mankind doesn't know what good is unless 645 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:36,600 there is a code. It tells us what is good and 646 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,600 what is not, because what some think is good, others do not 647 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:41,920 think is good. We saw last week that there was 648 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,320 someone in the name of good in their religion went to Bondi 649 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:50,080 Beach and decided to be able to shoot 15 different people. 650 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:53,960 Shot a lot more than 15 people, but that 15 people perished on 651 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:57,760 that day and they thought they were doing such as good in the 652 00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,080 name of their God. We would say no, that's not good 653 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,200 at all whatsoever. There would be others who would 654 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,000 say that. Very heinous crimes and very 655 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:10,960 awful ways of talking or acting would be good things to do in 656 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,480 their own mind because of their own twisted value system. 657 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,560 Could you imagine a judge here in the United States of America 658 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:22,040 not having any type of code of laws whatsoever, just that judge 659 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,480 was supposed to determine as two people came to him, well, what's 660 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,880 good and what's not? Well, you know what's good, 661 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:28,920 right? And the answer is no, of course 662 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:30,560 not. There's nuances and there's 663 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,640 differences, and that's why there has to be a code of laws 664 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:37,040 of ethics that's in place. And how much more so is that 665 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:40,760 true of God, that God has given us His word to tell us what's 666 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:43,640 good and what's not? And here's another major issue 667 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:45,520 with that. When we look at God's Word and 668 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,840 we see the laws of which is there, we don't see ourselves as 669 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:50,400 good. What do we see ourselves as? 670 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:52,960 Bad. We see ourselves as sinners. 671 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:56,000 That's what we understand that the law does not exonerate us. 672 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,760 The law actually finds US guilty, that all of us are 673 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:02,040 guilty before God. And so as we look at God's laws, 674 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:05,400 we don't find that, well, there is perhaps a possibility for 675 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:08,000 reward. We see that, well, there is no 676 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,719 possibility of reward without redemption. 677 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,719 And so that's what we find here. And it's so sad to be able to 678 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,880 hear that and hear someone to say, well, I think that my life 679 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,120 has merited favor. Well, my question is, well, if 680 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:22,400 you know what's good and what's bad, then you ought to know that 681 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,560 you have salvation. You ought to know that you 682 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,520 achieve eternal life. But even a man such as Dennis 683 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,880 Prager would have to say no, I have no assurance of that 684 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:32,960 whatsoever. But we realize that the. 685 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,520 Bible tells us we can. Have assurance of where we'll 686 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,320 spend eternity that we can know that where we'll spend an 687 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,440 eternity in heaven. I will say one of his arguments 688 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,280 that he made at the beginning is the understanding of the 689 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,679 difference between Catholic theology and what do you call 690 00:34:45,679 --> 00:34:48,239 Protestant theology. I would call biblical theology 691 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,199 because even many Protestants don't believe what he said. 692 00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:54,920 But the idea that work, salvation is sometimes found in 693 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,480 Christian circles. And the answer is that it is 694 00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,720 found in Christian circles. But that's why we try to 695 00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:03,600 differentiate as we're teaching what biblical Christianity is. 696 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:06,720 The Bible teaches that we do not trust in our own works 697 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:09,360 whatsoever. What do we trust in the finished 698 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,280 work of Jesus Christ on the cross? 699 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,800 That's where salvation is. Now, what does the Bible say 700 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:16,120 about this? We have a few more moments. 701 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:17,440 What does the Bible say about this? 702 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:21,440 Hebrews 911 through 4. 14 But Christ being come and high 703 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,760 priest of good things to come by a greater and more perfect 704 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:28,160 Tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not this 705 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:32,120 building, neither by the blood of goats or calves, but by His 706 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:36,160 own blood He entered into once in the holy place, having 707 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:37,920 obtained eternal redemption for us. 708 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:39,880 For if the blood of bulls and. Goats and the. 709 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,520 Ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the 710 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:46,840 purifying of the flesh. How much more shall the body of 711 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:50,160 Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without 712 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,680 spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to 713 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:55,920 serve the living God? Purge from what? 714 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:58,920 Dead works, works that can't save you, works that don't have 715 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:02,200 the ability to bring life, but rather works that in and of 716 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,840 ourselves only bring death. Turn to Galatians chapter 3 very 717 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:07,240 quickly. Galatians chapter. 718 00:36:07,240 --> 00:36:10,360 Three, we're almost done. Galatians chapter 3, listen very 719 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:14,040 well this morning and we'll take a break and get ready for 720 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,280 service. All right, Galatians chapter 3, 721 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:24,920 look at verse #21. Galatians 321 says, Is the law 722 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:27,040 then against the promises of God? 723 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,960 Well, is the law bad? Is the law wrong? 724 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:33,400 Well, God forbid it says, For if there had been a law given which 725 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,520 could have given life, verily righteousness should have been 726 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:38,560 by the law. If the law could give life, God 727 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:40,720 would have done that. But that's not what the law is 728 00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:42,280 for. But the Scripture hath 729 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:47,680 concluded, Listen all under sin. Why, that the promise by faith 730 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:51,160 of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 731 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:55,040 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up 732 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:57,640 under the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 733 00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,920 Wherefore the law? We've said this before. 734 00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:03,840 It was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be 735 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,960 justified by what faith. But after that faith has come, 736 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:10,280 we are no longer under a schoolmaster. 737 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:14,040 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 738 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,520 Now look at this. For as many of you as have been 739 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,680 baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 740 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:21,920 There is neither what Jew nor Greek. 741 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:25,320 There is neither bond nor free. There is neither male nor 742 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,280 female. For ye are all one in Jesus 743 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,560 Christ. And if ye be Christ, then ye be 744 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:34,320 Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise meaning 745 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:39,360 this, if you belong to Christ, then you are with all of those 746 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:43,720 together, whether they are Jew or Gentile, bond or free, male 747 00:37:43,720 --> 00:37:47,960 or female, that we all belong. We are all one in Jesus Christ. 748 00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:51,160 The Real issue of mankind, as we'll see this morning in the 749 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:54,520 morning service that has divided mankind is really this. 750 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:57,720 What do you think of Christ? That is the real issue that has 751 00:37:57,720 --> 00:38:00,200 divided mankind through the ages. 752 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:04,080 And so are we believing that works could save someone? 753 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:07,560 The answer is no. To say that you're saved by your 754 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:10,480 works is really a gross misreading of the Old Testament. 755 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:13,040 Do you think Lot would have been saved by works? 756 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:15,920 Consider Lot. We see him as a pretty sad state 757 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,360 of affairs, don't we? But yet second Peter chapter 2 758 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:20,920 verse 7 says that he was a saved man. 759 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,800 It calls him just Lot. In fact, I preached on that few 760 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:26,040 years ago that he was just Lot, that he was saved. 761 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:29,360 But that was about all it all he was in his life, he was just, he 762 00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:31,520 was just Lot. But it does say he was justified 763 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:33,560 before the Lord. I don't know that I understand 764 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:35,720 all of it other than the fact that's what the Bible says. 765 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,280 What about David, he did some pretty bad things didn't he? 766 00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,920 What about Samson, he did some pretty bad things, didn't he? 767 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:44,880 But yet we see David and Samson named in Hebrews Chapter 11 in 768 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:46,360 the Hall of Faith. Why? 769 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:49,800 Because they were looking forward to Messiah, they were 770 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:53,320 looking forward by faith, that which they could not see, but 771 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:56,200 yet they believed Him. Salvation in the Old Testament 772 00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:59,080 and the New Testament has always been about the Messiah. 773 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,280 In the Old Testament they look forward to him. 774 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,800 Here in the New Testament we look back toward Him. 775 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:08,320 Hebrews 11 verses 39 and 40. And these all, having obtained a 776 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,240 good report through faith, receive not the promise. 777 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:14,880 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without 778 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:18,480 us should not be made perfect. Listen, these 3 truths have 779 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:23,000 never Salvation always rests on Christ's work that has never 780 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,920 changed. Salvation always requires faith 781 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:29,400 that never changes. The content of faith became 782 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:33,600 clearer after Christ came, meaning this Old Testament 783 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:36,320 believers did not know the details of Christ's life and 784 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,600 death, but yet they promised God's. 785 00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:41,800 They trusted God's promise of a Redeemer, which is the same 786 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:44,120 Messiah revealed in the New Testament. 787 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,360 That's what Hebrews 11 is all about. 788 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:49,160 So ask ourselves this question just for a couple couple more 789 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:52,240 minutes and let's tie this up together to be done in the end. 790 00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:54,840 How are the Jews saved? Remember we saw. 791 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:57,160 How do they receive eternal life? 792 00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:00,960 Well, the answer is they don't think they need saving. 793 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:05,280 This is what it comes down to. They don't think they need 794 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:08,760 saving in the way that we would use the term salvation. 795 00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:11,480 They believe nationally they need deliverance. 796 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:14,960 They believe naturally they need deliverance, but they also are 797 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:18,160 looking personally for eternal reward in peace. 798 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,240 That's what they look at. They come from the fundamentally 799 00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:25,480 different thought process that they are good and must do good 800 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:28,440 things, and we come from the process where the Bible says the 801 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:30,360 heart is evil and desperately wicked. 802 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,080 Who can know it that our righteousnesses are like filthy 803 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:36,880 rags and we need salvation that only Jesus Christ can provide. 804 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,320 We're talking about two completely different thought 805 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:41,840 processes. Jews generally do not conceive 806 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:45,240 of salvation as atonement through a sacrificial Messiah, 807 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,760 but rather as being in a right relationship with God, living 808 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:52,120 faithfully under the covenant, and participating in God's 809 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:55,840 promises. Yet God's Word makes clear they 810 00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:58,000 need to be saved. I leave you with these verses 811 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:01,280 Romans 116 and 17. For I am not ashamed of the 812 00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,720 gospel of Christ. For to the power of salvation 813 00:41:03,720 --> 00:41:08,400 unto the power of God, unto salvation to everyone that 814 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,360 believeth. Listen to the Jew first, and 815 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:14,280 also to the Greek or the Gentile, for therein is the 816 00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:17,360 righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith. 817 00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:22,680 The just shall live by faith. What's the plan for the Gentile? 818 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:26,240 The just shall live by faith. What's the plan for the Jew? 819 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:31,440 The just shall live by faith. Thank you for listening to the 820 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,040 sermon from the pulpit of Liberty Baptist Church. 821 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:37,680 If this message was a blessing to you, or if there's any way we 822 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:40,800 can serve you, please let us know by contacting us at 823 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:45,680 info@mylibertybaptist.org. Or you can visit us this Sunday 824 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:49,600 at 800 Washington St. in Easton, MA. 825 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:52,680 May the Lord bless you as you grow in His Word.